“For eight years you criticized my clothes, my voice, the way I carried myself.

You called me ordinary because I didn’t feel the need to boast.

The saddest part, Ferdinand, is that you had to see me surrounded by power before you could imagine I was worth anything at all.”

Chapter 16 — I Still Love You

He tried to close the distance, his eyes wide with panic.

“Isaura, please — I still love you.”